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MoD group hardship fund

2 Mar 2010

Within the context of the government?s agenda towards the civil and public services and the unprecedented level of industrial action currently being undertaken by PCS members, the need for a hardship fund has never been greater. The MoD group operates a hardship fund, which is administered by the GEC and the finance sub-committee, who approve payments and the amount of awards.
Pay update 23 - pay petition

25 Jan 2010

As part of our ongoing pay campaign in the Ministry of Defence, we asked members to sign a petition on the Number10.gov website asking the Prime Minister to personally intervene to stop the Ministry of Defence from slashing the pay of their lowest paid workers.
MoD waste report

11 Jan 2010

Members will be aware of a new wave of civilian job cuts being planned by MoD. We believe a minimum of 10,000 jobs are at risk. It is imperative therefore that we all play our part in countering the arguments by the main political parties that justifies their plans to slash our jobs.
The 'have's' and the 'have not's'

11 Jan 2010

On 5 January 2010, there were two sets of parliamentary questions raised in the House of Commons, which gave interesting answers for our campaign on defence jobs.
Independent review of civilian staff - Beware the Grimstone Reaper

11 Jan 2010

On 11 December 2009 our union issued a members briefing on the review of MoD civil servants announced in a letter to staff from the permanent under secretary, Bill Jeffrey.
PCS, Prospect and FDA advice on departmental restrictions on travel, recruitment and overtime

25 Nov 2009

All members will by now have seen the letter dated 20 November from Bill Jeffrey and Jock Stirrup regarding restrictions on travel, recruitment and overtime within the department. Although this letter states that the unions were informally consulted, it is important to stress that we were informed of these changes only after they had been sent to ministers and we have had no opportunity to change the outcome of the proposals.
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